Mmegi, Botswana Another common theme for Mmegi readers' letters was the growing disparity between the rich and poor. Botswana is largely regarded overseas as a model democracy and (based on the handsome dividends brought in by diamond sales) the "Kuwait of Africa". However readers argued that this wealth is enjoyed by few. According to the latest Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) the poorest 40% of households received 11% of the national income while the richest 20% enjoyed 62%. Statistics also show that over 100,000 people out of an estimated population of 1.1 million are unemployed. Mmegi , August 1990 Fence Sittin' was published weekly by Mmegi newspaper in Botswana from June 1990 to June 1992. Mmegi is run by an independent trust and is the most respected newspaper in Botswana. It is rightly regarded as the campaigning conscience of the media. Fence Sittin' covered national and international political and social issues including the minimum wage, the poor state of the health service, government corruption, excessive military spending, government bias and censorship in the media, aids, apartheid etc. Fence Sittin' by Luke Warm won the 1990 Botswana Press Trust Cartoon Award. Keywords: autografix, luke warm, titus mbuya, cartoon, mmegi, fence sittin', botswana, africa, politics, social issues, corruption, inequality, disparity, rich, poor, household income and expenditure survey, hies